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>> hanging in there, don. it's been tough, more so as a father than a school safety professional and i know we spent some time in newtown and, you know, the people's faces, they were shell shocked as i drove around town worked with you and soledad and others. it's just something that i'll never forget and a punch in the gut as a father. >> when i hear people who come up with some of these ridiculous proposals and who say we should, you know, be looking at other things besides the gun rules, i just wish they could see all the faces that we saw, the people we saw and what they were dealing with. maybe they may change their minds a little bit or there may be some more compromise. >> i have been in this business for over 25 years. i have had hundreds of e-mails and people with bulletproof vests for teachers and arming teachers and a bulletproof backpack and the list just goes on and on, and we're struggling to get people to focus on the fundamentals. the best practices have been in place since post-columbine. we k
>> hanging in there, don. it's been tough, more so as a father than a school safety professional and i know we spent some time in newtown and, you know, the people's faces, they were shell shocked as i drove around town worked with you and soledad and others. it's just something that i'll never forget and a punch in the gut as a father. >> when i hear people who come up with some of these ridiculous proposals and who say we should, you know, be looking at other things besides the...
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"cnn newsroom" continues right now with don lemon. hi, don. >>> hi, suzanne. thank you very much. i'm don lemon. brooke is off today. the eyes of the world are focusing now on the white house. within the next hour, congressional leaders will begin to arrive for what is likely to be a very tense meeting with the president. this is perhaps the final effort to avert the tax increase that is expected to cost the average family several thousand dollars a year. four days remain to reach an agreement, get it passed by the house and the senate and signed into law by the president. we're talking a long shot here. now, want to show you the players. president, there in the middle, democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid. republicans mitch mcconnell and john boehner. those four members of congress are expected to make the drive from the capital, which you see on the right, down pennsylvania avenue, to the white house, there on the left. and we expect them to enter through a side door on the west side of the mansion. that's the entrance right there. and they'll meet with the president. in the ov
"cnn newsroom" continues right now with don lemon. hi, don. >>> hi, suzanne. thank you very much. i'm don lemon. brooke is off today. the eyes of the world are focusing now on the white house. within the next hour, congressional leaders will begin to arrive for what is likely to be a very tense meeting with the president. this is perhaps the final effort to avert the tax increase that is expected to cost the average family several thousand dollars a year. four days remain to...
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we've got traffic coming up with long don towne. -- with langdon towne. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i just had to write. you can't imagine how long i've been searching for something like this for my family. i'm amazed you make so many great flavors that are gluten free. my guys are crazy for chocolate chex and honey nut chex. for me, it's cinnamon. it means a lot to be able to give them something that's good for them, that also puts smiles on their faces. 'cause i really love those smiles. we're the harris family. and we love chex. [ male announcer ] love chex? connect with us on facebook. . >>> welcome back. the washington monument right there. it is nice and clear. i could see the moon this morning. it was very bright. you are going to feel the cold out there as you wake up today. we'll check in with tucker here in a second. >> first, we want to talk about this. new year can bring a fresh start. we want to know what is your big of the hope for 2013. we've gotten a lot of comments on facebook this morning, plenty of them having to do with the redskins,
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i'm don lemon. happy new year to you. jooirksz . >>> hello, i'm don lemon and this is cnn's top 10 of 2012. we look at the stories that captured our attention, what we see as the biggest stories of the year around the world, in crime, money, weather and even the biggestscandals and later this hour, those stories chosen by you. anchor of state of the union, candy crowley, with the top ten political stories of 2012. >>> like finding your favorite grain of sand on the beach. impossible number of possibilities. catch phrases become boomerangs. >> if you got a business you didn't build that. >> i like being aable to find service members. >> i'm an american woman who uses contraception. let's start there. >> it's like an etch-a-sketch. you shake it up and we start all over again. >> i'm not going to shut up. it's my turn. >> i think it's called romneysia. >> if i were to coin a term it would be obamaloney. >> there were game changers, too, moments that shook up the race or made history and made our top ten list. wisconsin's rep
i'm don lemon. happy new year to you. jooirksz . >>> hello, i'm don lemon and this is cnn's top 10 of 2012. we look at the stories that captured our attention, what we see as the biggest stories of the year around the world, in crime, money, weather and even the biggestscandals and later this hour, those stories chosen by you. anchor of state of the union, candy crowley, with the top ten political stories of 2012. >>> like finding your favorite grain of sand on the beach....
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. >> join don lemon for the biggest stories of the year in crime, politics, money and entertainment. the top ten airs sunday night at 8:00 eastern only on cnn. as the year counts down, your savings can add up with the adt new year's sale. help protect your family with the advanced technology of adt starting at just $99 -- a savings of $300 plus 15% off accessories. but you must call before midnight january 2nd. more than a security system, adt can help let your family in from the cold even when you're away from home. adjust your thermostat remotely to help save energy and money. turn on the lights, even see that everyone is safe and secure. and with adt, you can rely on our fast response monitoring for 24/7 protection against burglary, fire, and high levels of carbon monoxide. the adt new year's sale. it could help you save something more important than money. call now to save $300 on adt starting at $99 installed plus 15% off accessories. sale ends midnight january 2nd. >>> every 19 minutes someone dies of a drug overdose. most are not from elicit drugs but ones that are perfectly l
. >> join don lemon for the biggest stories of the year in crime, politics, money and entertainment. the top ten airs sunday night at 8:00 eastern only on cnn. as the year counts down, your savings can add up with the adt new year's sale. help protect your family with the advanced technology of adt starting at just $99 -- a savings of $300 plus 15% off accessories. but you must call before midnight january 2nd. more than a security system, adt can help let your family in from the cold...
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. >>> don wright's career spanned engineering, being a company vice president, and the law. at age 62, he discovered a new passion -- marathons. [ applause ] >> reporter: nine year ago, days after running his first 26-mile race, he got some devastating news. >> i had gone to the doctor a couple of times for pain in my back. it was multiple myeloma. >> reporter: this is a cancer of the blood where the white blood cells invade the bone marrow causing pain. usually in the back or the ribs. patients are rarely cured. but wright refused to let that slow him down. even qualifying for the boston marathon. >> got this devastating diagnosis, and we just -- my family and i, we just kept on going. you know, there wasn't any reason to stop and be sorry, you know. we kept running marathons. >> reporter: on december 9 under a hot hawaiian sun, wright, now 71, reached his seemingly impossible goal -- running a marathon in all 50 states. >> it feels wonderful, i'll tell you. a philosophy of life that i have is live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece. and that was a masterpiece. >>
. >>> don wright's career spanned engineering, being a company vice president, and the law. at age 62, he discovered a new passion -- marathons. [ applause ] >> reporter: nine year ago, days after running his first 26-mile race, he got some devastating news. >> i had gone to the doctor a couple of times for pain in my back. it was multiple myeloma. >> reporter: this is a cancer of the blood where the white blood cells invade the bone marrow causing pain. usually in...
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. >> my favorite thing is that this man named don kendall told me a story -- he was the head of pepsi cola -- when nixon first came into office he needed to have somebody talk to johnson about some sensitive mat sore he sends kendall down there as his friend. johnson's working on his memoirs and hating it and says i don't remember anything that happened in these days and these days. the only chapter are any good at all is went wh i had a tape machine, pressed a button, verbatim conversations. you go back and tell your good friend nixon as he starts his presidency there's nothing more important than a taping system so that johnson could torpedo nixon in the end. >> john meacham, to follow up on something we've talked about before, i had no idea until i read this book how harry truman used herbert hoover to do some of the most important things hoover did in his entire life. his post presidency. he saved -- my god, he saved countless millions of europeans from starvation, then he completely reorganized the federal government. >> yeah. nancy and mike have written a terrific book from begi
. >> my favorite thing is that this man named don kendall told me a story -- he was the head of pepsi cola -- when nixon first came into office he needed to have somebody talk to johnson about some sensitive mat sore he sends kendall down there as his friend. johnson's working on his memoirs and hating it and says i don't remember anything that happened in these days and these days. the only chapter are any good at all is went wh i had a tape machine, pressed a button, verbatim...
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don in oklahoma city on our line for democrats. go ahead, don. caller: good morning. i have a couple of quick comments i would like to make. the first is that i find it ironic for so many years in recent history republicans have claimed to own patriotism yet they don't seem to want to vacate their fair share. host: joseph rosenberg. guest: you know, i mean, i'm not sure, you know, i'm not sure this is about pay. -- patriotism or anything like that. you know, the question of who should pay taxes and how much is again, as much a political question and is as it is, an economic question. you know, i mean, i think it's important to remember that the sort of recent history of the sort of evolution of the income distribution in the united states where we've seen increasing income inequality and an increasing share of pre-tax income earned at the very top. and so a sort of -- it's a certainly valid debate to say well, should our tax system recognize that fact and adjust and look to first raise taxes at the very top before going down the income ladder? but again, i think ultim
don in oklahoma city on our line for democrats. go ahead, don. caller: good morning. i have a couple of quick comments i would like to make. the first is that i find it ironic for so many years in recent history republicans have claimed to own patriotism yet they don't seem to want to vacate their fair share. host: joseph rosenberg. guest: you know, i mean, i'm not sure, you know, i'm not sure this is about pay. -- patriotism or anything like that. you know, the question of who should pay taxes...
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>>> i'm don lemon. thank you for watching. "newsroom with suzanne malveaux" starts right now. >>> welcome to cnn newsroom. i'm suzanne malveaux. here's what's going on right now. the news today is the weather, of course. p if you're in the eastern half of the country chances are good the weather is intense outside. we have heavy snow stopping highway and air traffic across the midwest. it's moving toward new england. down south tornadoes ripped across the gulf coast in the past few hours, and could be more today. >> look at them. that's like two tornadoes. it's two funnels on the ground. oh, lord. look there. wow. >> wow is right. this is how people in mobile, alabama spent much of christmas day. they were hunkered down and watching at least one tornado rip up trees, whip around power lines and just in this one spot from east texas to the gulf coast of alabama you have weather officials counting 28 tornadoes that hit ground on christmas day. now, in southern alabama right now more than 200,000 homes are without power. we are l
>>> i'm don lemon. thank you for watching. "newsroom with suzanne malveaux" starts right now. >>> welcome to cnn newsroom. i'm suzanne malveaux. here's what's going on right now. the news today is the weather, of course. p if you're in the eastern half of the country chances are good the weather is intense outside. we have heavy snow stopping highway and air traffic across the midwest. it's moving toward new england. down south tornadoes ripped across the gulf coast...
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don, florida, but democratic caller. you are up first, as the senate early this morning approved the deal on the so-called fiscal cliff. caller: happy new year. i think it is a good deal the democrats got, but i am worried on the second dell as they want to put social security on the line. it does nothing to do with the deficit. our taxes paid into social security. it has nothing to do with debt. i do not know why the republicans -- the republicans have been trying to get rid of social security for 70 years now and have not gotten it done. they want to take the money and give congress a raise. they want to take people's social security money and give congress a raise and what are they doing? nothing. then they want to take money and give it to the pentagon. they put all of the money into these outfits, but they want to cut social security. host: john, ap reported this morning that officials decided to use the measure to prevent the pay raise for lawmakers. i want to let you know that, and also, if you are concerned about
don, florida, but democratic caller. you are up first, as the senate early this morning approved the deal on the so-called fiscal cliff. caller: happy new year. i think it is a good deal the democrats got, but i am worried on the second dell as they want to put social security on the line. it does nothing to do with the deficit. our taxes paid into social security. it has nothing to do with debt. i do not know why the republicans -- the republicans have been trying to get rid of social security...
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don schwartz is the deputy mayor for health and opportunity and joins me to talk about the plan. great to see you. one school nurse in your city has said i can't imagine the parents of a 14-year-old being happy about this. are you seeing much objection from parents and how concerned are you about that? >>. >> we're very concerned about pashts and their understanding that condoms are an important part of general prevention. we also believe parents need to be educating their kids and talking to kids about appropriate sexual behaviors to assure all of the young people in philadelphia are prepared when they think about having sex for the first time. we believe that our role is to assure that as partners for parents, we provide what young people may need if they're going to act responsibly in terms of sexual relations. >> you talk about education and i just want to throw out numbers. 25% of new hiv infections in philadelphia alone are teenagers. 15% of philadelphia students say they weren't taught about hiv or aids in school. some might argue maybe more education might be the answer,
don schwartz is the deputy mayor for health and opportunity and joins me to talk about the plan. great to see you. one school nurse in your city has said i can't imagine the parents of a 14-year-old being happy about this. are you seeing much objection from parents and how concerned are you about that? >>. >> we're very concerned about pashts and their understanding that condoms are an important part of general prevention. we also believe parents need to be educating their kids and...
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host: dawn from california. -- don from california. a column from washington times -- he notes that the bottom line is this -- congressman darrell issa in "the washington times." will go to the democrat line, charles from texas. caller: first, i have a question. this morning when i was watching the news, did i understand that congress is getting a raise next year? host: we will have a story on that later. caller: i think they should lead by example. they need to take a pay cut if we are taking pay cuts. we need to stop foreign aid all the way around. host: will that be enough to solve the debt problem? caller: know, there needs to be tax increases and spending cuts, but i do not think it has to come out of social security and medicare and medicaid. i think foreign aid and whistle spending, and i also think -- wasteful spending, and i also think that tax breaks are an entitlement because nobody gets them equally. host: i want to go from mike -- go to mike from the independent line. caller: i would like to say that this fiscal cliff is a
host: dawn from california. -- don from california. a column from washington times -- he notes that the bottom line is this -- congressman darrell issa in "the washington times." will go to the democrat line, charles from texas. caller: first, i have a question. this morning when i was watching the news, did i understand that congress is getting a raise next year? host: we will have a story on that later. caller: i think they should lead by example. they need to take a pay cut if we...
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i tend to be a bit of a don quixote. i think i can do something when i probably cannot. but after a long while it came together in a pretty good way, i would say. but it took a lot of work. it was the hardest thing i ever wrote. anyone else? let me say -- thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> thank you. such an important part of our city, our nation, and world. thank you for helping us consider, present, and future. thank you for coming out tonight. >> anybody who wants, i will sign a copy of the book back there. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tonight, a look at the impact of student loans on parents. then more of our interviews with retiring members of congress. senator ben nelson talks about his five years in congress, talking -- followed by jerry lewis on his 17-year career. then california representative lynn woolsey. >> there are cynics to say a party platform is something nobody bothers to read and does not often amount to much. whether it is different this time than it has
i tend to be a bit of a don quixote. i think i can do something when i probably cannot. but after a long while it came together in a pretty good way, i would say. but it took a lot of work. it was the hardest thing i ever wrote. anyone else? let me say -- thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> thank you. such an important part of our city, our nation, and world. thank you for helping us consider, present, and future. thank you for coming out tonight. >> anybody who wants, i...
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hey, don. caller: the only thing i wanted to say was more of a statement. every country we go into we have the same drug problem. i was in vietnam, it was her when. -- heroin. this country is following suit. if that's what the country wants, and it's what it gets. is this the way they win or lose a war. host: george in alabama. caller: good morning. my call is similar to the one ahead of me. if i were president for one day, i would take all our military and encamp around the drug business and let them grow all of the heroin and i would buy it and destroy it. the farmers would make their money. we would cut out the crooks and the users around the world. is wrong with that simple idea? host: final thought, douglas wissing? guest: it is a complicated world out there. we have taken some paths that are not leading us toward victory or success. the counter narcotics issues part of that. host: joining us is douglas wissing, thank you for spending time with us this morning and sharing your insight. guest: thank you. host: what we will do now is take some open phone
hey, don. caller: the only thing i wanted to say was more of a statement. every country we go into we have the same drug problem. i was in vietnam, it was her when. -- heroin. this country is following suit. if that's what the country wants, and it's what it gets. is this the way they win or lose a war. host: george in alabama. caller: good morning. my call is similar to the one ahead of me. if i were president for one day, i would take all our military and encamp around the drug business and...
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she spoke to don lemon yesterday. >> i don't think it's fair. i don't think it's right. the last couple of days have just been an emotional roller coaster. i'm trying to stay strong. >> i don't even know what to say about that, alina. >> the back story, apparently they were exchanging text messages outside of work, the wife got wind of the in late 2009. and in early 2010, she was fired. >> that's different from being irresistible. that's an important point. >> anyway. ahead, eight maids a milking, seven swans a swimming. the big dent the 12 days of christmas would put on your wallet. >>> christmas with the first ladies. inside the white house with the team that helps decorate all of the beautiful rooms for the holidays. mt [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting dec
she spoke to don lemon yesterday. >> i don't think it's fair. i don't think it's right. the last couple of days have just been an emotional roller coaster. i'm trying to stay strong. >> i don't even know what to say about that, alina. >> the back story, apparently they were exchanging text messages outside of work, the wife got wind of the in late 2009. and in early 2010, she was fired. >> that's different from being irresistible. that's an important point. >>...
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. >>> be sure to join our don lemon for the biggest stories of the year in crime and politics, money, even the most scandalous. the top ten of 2012 will air sunday night 8:00 eastern. >>> house democrat says there is a disconnect between the national rifle association and its members. and he plans to use that so-called disconnect in pushing gun reform. he joins me after the break. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back with great ideas like our optional better car replacement. if your car is totaled, we
. >>> be sure to join our don lemon for the biggest stories of the year in crime and politics, money, even the most scandalous. the top ten of 2012 will air sunday night 8:00 eastern. >>> house democrat says there is a disconnect between the national rifle association and its members. and he plans to use that so-called disconnect in pushing gun reform. he joins me after the break. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you...
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office, couldn't really speak, was standing there mumbling, sort of gibberish, when the secretary said, don, are you okay? but had he not been around someone else, it might have been a disaster. now we're being able to see warning signs of this through text messages. how can we really utilize this? >> i think that's a great point. a large proportion of strokes affect language functions, bless it's the ability to speak or understand language. and as communication becomes more electronic, as we're seeing with text messages and e-mails, et cetera, we're going to see a larger proportion of people who are having trouble with language that is being manifest in the text messages and e-mails they're sunning. and so in the setting of text message, the problem may be as we see here, that the text messages were being sent in a way that didn't make sense, a language problem in that sense, and you could also have text messages that you're receiving and unable to understand. >> clayton: there is a warning sign of stroke test that people should be aware of out there. take us through this. it's called the
office, couldn't really speak, was standing there mumbling, sort of gibberish, when the secretary said, don, are you okay? but had he not been around someone else, it might have been a disaster. now we're being able to see warning signs of this through text messages. how can we really utilize this? >> i think that's a great point. a large proportion of strokes affect language functions, bless it's the ability to speak or understand language. and as communication becomes more electronic,...
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. >> prosecutores say james holmes donned protective gear, threw tear gas and began firing. in the end, 12 people killed, 58 others wounded. holmes faces 152 charges. many victims continue to recover, while others will never recover the loss they suffered that night. and number one -- >> unimaginable horror grips the nation in one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. >> tragedy at sandy hook elementary. >> this is unspeakable what happened in this town. >> innocent children shot dead in their classrooms. the victims, 16 6-year-olds, 4 7-year-olds with 6 adults. >> emilie's laughter was infectious and all those who had a pleasure to meet her would agree this world is a better place because she's been in it. >> in newtown, connecticut, an outpouring of kindness and compassion, while a nation faced hard questions about mental health and guns. as the president issued an emotional call for action. >> for those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worthy of their memory. >> randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >>> well, also this hour, kee
. >> prosecutores say james holmes donned protective gear, threw tear gas and began firing. in the end, 12 people killed, 58 others wounded. holmes faces 152 charges. many victims continue to recover, while others will never recover the loss they suffered that night. and number one -- >> unimaginable horror grips the nation in one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. >> tragedy at sandy hook elementary. >> this is unspeakable what happened in this town....
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. >> imagine if she were to pack a hair dresser on the awful plain we are all crime don. then we would be writing about -- the awful airplane we are all crammed on. then we would all be writing about the lavish expense. >> in some universities, only 10% of the teachers in the top four schools for science are female. what can we do to get more women in science, and why is it important? >> well, let's talk about why they are not there, first. what they're not there starts very early in terms of what women are exposed to, what the expectations are. and you know, it is a lot of hard work. not the people do not work hard in everything, as we have heard, but science is a funny business. you do not always see the limelight. public affirmation is not there. unless one becomes an entrepreneur or something like that. a lot of what happens with women is going to happen within the community within which they work. a lot of times, attitudes and reinforced. i think what needs to happen is that we need to try to reach young women early. we have to affirm them. we have to value science a
. >> imagine if she were to pack a hair dresser on the awful plain we are all crime don. then we would be writing about -- the awful airplane we are all crammed on. then we would all be writing about the lavish expense. >> in some universities, only 10% of the teachers in the top four schools for science are female. what can we do to get more women in science, and why is it important? >> well, let's talk about why they are not there, first. what they're not there starts very...
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don bless you all and thank you for being here. -- god bless you all. [applause] >> thank you for such a sensible message. perhaps congress should do their job. i do believe there is a simple way for but to protect the middle class and would extend one of the best programs that prevents people falling into poverty, the earned income tax credit. let us make sure that congress does there were and let the majority rule. what a novel thought from the congressman. thank you. speaking of small business, we're really honored that the owner of a business in herndon is here to talk to us about the consequences for small businesses. bob. [applause] hello -- >> hello. i own an embroidery franchise out in herndon, va., and we work for small businesses, schools, corporations. i'm happy to be here today to talk to you about the fiscal cliff and how it might affect my business. i am mostly optimistic about our economy in the future, i have grave concerns about what is going on in congress and the potential fiscal cliff we are facing and the elimination of the tax cuts
don bless you all and thank you for being here. -- god bless you all. [applause] >> thank you for such a sensible message. perhaps congress should do their job. i do believe there is a simple way for but to protect the middle class and would extend one of the best programs that prevents people falling into poverty, the earned income tax credit. let us make sure that congress does there were and let the majority rule. what a novel thought from the congressman. thank you. speaking of small...
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i will tell you who i cross the aisle with is don young from alaska, if you can believe it. he and i had legislation on the fish issue and i love his sense of humor and he loves to tease me. that doesn't make us friend friends. but we like each other. >> what are you not going to miss? >> i'm not going to miss the fact that everything is based on what is happening today instead of what -- learning from the past and knowing what we have to do in the future. >> can you give an example? >> i would use children. i mean, there isn't a person in this house that doesn't understand that children are our future. we don't take care of our kids, 25% of our population, what is the future of this country about? we know it but we don't act appropriately to protect these kids and to bring them so when they are out of school they are going to be competitive with the outside world. >> legislatively what is one of your frustrations? >> that we're still in afghanistan. for some reason we know it is the wrong thing to do and we're committed through 2013 but we should be out of there. >> was tha
i will tell you who i cross the aisle with is don young from alaska, if you can believe it. he and i had legislation on the fish issue and i love his sense of humor and he loves to tease me. that doesn't make us friend friends. but we like each other. >> what are you not going to miss? >> i'm not going to miss the fact that everything is based on what is happening today instead of what -- learning from the past and knowing what we have to do in the future. >> can you give an...